Also known as: sortes · lot · sortition
Written by attorneys — see sources below.
4 senses
A lot or chance used in Roman law to determine rights or outcomes by random selection.
A partnership's capital under Scots law.
Principal as distinguished from interest in historical usage.
Something recovered in an action as distinguished from mere costs in historical usage.
Each sense below has its own examples, sources, and questions.
A lot or chance used in Roman law to determine rights or outcomes by random selection.
Sofia Stern purchased a commercial unit described as a sors from Summit Bank. After acceptance she discovered a latent defect that substantially impaired its value. She revoked acceptance under the governing rule and recovered the purchase price.
Solomon Silver's will devised a city lot by a description that did not match any property he owned. Extrinsic evidence showed the description closely fit another lot he actually held. The court construed the will to pass the intended sors rather than allow the gift to fail.
A partnership's capital under Scots law.
Sabrina Shah and Scott Summers formed a partnership and contributed funds designated as the sors. When the partnership dissolved the court allocated the sors according to the partners' capital accounts.
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Principal as distinguished from interest in historical usage.
Sarah Sullivan lent funds to Sasha Stone and later sued to recover the sors. The court awarded the principal amount but denied interest because the parties had not agreed to it.
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Something recovered in an action as distinguished from mere costs in historical usage.
Solstice Ventures sued Silverline Industries and obtained a judgment that included the sors. The court separately awarded costs but treated the sors as the substantive recovery.
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Starlight Media owned a sors that the city sought to acquire. The court applied the public-use standard and permitted the taking after determining the sors met the required criteria.
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It refers to a lot or chance used to determine rights or outcomes by random selection.
It denotes a partnership's capital.
It identifies the principal amount as opposed to any interest component.
It refers to the substantive recovery obtained in an action rather than the separate award of costs.
…parcels on the same city block. See New York City, Zoning Resolution Art. I, ch. 2, § 12-10 (1978) (definition of “zoning lot”). A 1968 ordinance gave the owners of landmark sites additional opportunities to transfer development rights to other parcels. Subject to a restriction that the floor area of the…